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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spearhead has 3 senses

• spearhead(n = noun.person) Array - someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.); Array
is a kind of leader
Derived form verb spearhead₁

• spearhead(n = noun.group) Array - the leading military unit in an attack; Array
is a kind of force, military force, military group, military unit

• spearhead(n = noun.artifact) spear-point, spearpoint - the head and sharpened point of a spear; Array
is a part of pike, lance, shaft, spear
is a kind of point

Verb spearhead has 1 sense

• spearhead(v = verb.social) Array - be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"
is one way to head, lead
Derived form noun spearhead₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

spearhead

advance guard, airhead, avant-garde, battle line, be the bellwether, beachhead, beacon, blaze the trail, break the ice, bridgehead, cutting edge, farthest outpost, first line, forefront, front, front line, front rank, front-runner, get ahead of, get before, go before, guide, have the start, head, head the line, initiate, lap, launch, lead, lead the dance, lead the way, light the way, line, outguard, outpost, outstrip, pace, pioneer, point, precede, precursor, railhead, scout, set the pace, stand first, take the initiative, take the lead, van, vanguard

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